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Club Rugby Performer of the Week: Hemi Fermanis
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Tawa lock Hemi Fermanis. In two consecutive weeks, the Tawa Premiers have beaten Paremata-Plimmerton on the siren, and on both occasions have come back over the final few minutes to score two tries to win. In both matches, Hemi Fermanis has led from the front and...
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Tawa and HOBM earn week off, while Upper Hutt Rams and Pōneke drop out of Jubilee Cup race
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wing Jacob Walmsley scored one and was in the thick of at least two more tries for Johnsonville, to send them into the Jubilee Cup elimination round next weekend against Ories at the Polo Ground. Photo: Caroline Lewis. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian Premier draw next weekend at a glance: Jubilee Cup:...
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Jubilee and Hardham Cups Round 1 – just the teamlists
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Just the teamlists for week 14 of Wellington Premier club rugby at at 12.00pm Friday – the opening round of the 2025 Jubilee and Hardham Cup competitions. All teams subject to change. A full round preview will be published as a separate feature article on this website later on Friday afternoon. Note the Tawa v...
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Tawa and Nigel Hunt calling on experience in upcoming Jubilee Cup round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Nigel Hunt in headgear celebrates Tawa’s 26-23 win over Paremata-Plimmerton on Saturday. Other evergreen Tawa players in shot include Tito Ioane, Hemi Fermanis and Randall Bishop. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Experience counts for a lot at this time of the club rugby season. The Jubilee Cup – and in particular knockout rugby –...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Tawa (26) v Paremata-Plimmerton (23)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two sides met in muddy conditions at Ngati Toa Domain in the 13th and final round of the Swindale Shield. Tawa won with a last-play try, after coming back from 23-14 behind in the last several minutes. Both teams made the ‘top 4’ for the upcoming Jubilee Cup – and this result means that...
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Sideline Conversions 30 June (some news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hugo Plummer wins the lineout for Tawa against Paremata-Plimmerton on Saturday. Photo: Stewart Baird Photography. The home stretch of the 2025 club rugby season is upon us. Opening weekend Jubilee Cup matches at a glance (the losers of the 6 v 7 and 5 v8 games drop down to the Hardham Cup for the following...
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Ories win Swindale Shield, top eight all but decided
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A lone Johnsonville player in a sea of Tawa defenders today at Helston Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Adam Julian & Scott MacLean They will be dancing in the streets of Miramar this evening as home team Oriental-Rongotai are the 2025 first round Premier Swindale Shield champions. Ories beat the Wellington Axemen 36-3...
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HOBM heat up at Kilbirnie Park as chasing pack behind leaders Ories tightens up
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hutt Old Boys Marist No. 8 Mika Alaifatu crashes over through the tackle of fullback Nick Robertson and a sea of defenders to score for the Eagles. Photo: Andy McArthur. Round 10 Swindale Shield just the scores: Hutt Old Boys Marist 52 – Pōneke 15 Petone 25 – Johnsonville 17 Tawa 19 – Wellington Axemen...
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Round 10 Swindale Shield – Just the Teamlists
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Teamlists below as received by 12.00pm Friday. All teams subject to change. A full round preview and information story to be posted as a separate story from mid afternoon Friday. WELLINGTON AXEMEN ( ) TAWA ( ) Axemen scorers added after game Tawa scorers added after game. Axemen Team TBA. Tawa Line-up: 1. Robb Carr,...
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Tenth Round Blockbusters coming up in club rugby tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Tawa’s Matolu Petaia surges ahead against Northern United last week. Tawa will be hunting maximum points against the Wellington Axemen tomorrow, while Norths are at home on their Old Timers’ Day against Paremata-Plimmerton. By Scott MacLean A frigid forecast tomorrow, but the rugby is expected to heat up. A number of big clashes across...
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Wins for Makoura, Tawa, Silverstream, Francis Douglas and Manukura in Wednesday school matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Action from the Taita College v Makoura College fixture for the Fuller Cup. Photo: Peter McDonald. By Adam Julian & Steven White A round-up of some college rugby matches played involving Wellington schools on Wednesday. Makoura College account for Taita College Taita College were soundly beaten this afternoon by Makoura College in overcast conditions in...
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Sideline Conversions 19 May (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Joyner Gaualofa scores for Tawa against HOBM on Saturday. There have now been over 200 individual try-scorers in Wellington Premier club rugby this year. Photo: Stewart Baird. We have breezed through the halfway stage of the first round Swindale Shield competition. Round 8 games this coming Saturday at a glance are: Wellington v Johnsonville...
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Tawa College retain Beard Trophy in opening series match, Hastings beat Town
- Wellington Club Weekly
- There were two First XV matches in Wellington on Wednesday afternoon, and two clear-cut margins of victory for the winners. At Evans Bay Park, visitors Hastings Boys’ High School defeated St Pat’s Town 52-26, after leading 31-7 at halftime. At Porirua Park, Tawa College opened their 2025 Beard Trophy defence with a 39-12 win over...
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Maiava leading from the back for Ories in Swindale Shield
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Oriental-Rongotai fullback Tom Maiava chasing the action in his side’s win over Tawa this past Saturday. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White “If we win, we win, if we don’t we learn, it is always God’s plan for us, and we trust that,” Oriental-Rongotai fullback Tom Maiava summed up his team’s fortunes this year, when...
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Wellington Presence Strong on Historic U85kgs tour
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Pasia Asiata makes a break for the New Zealand U85kg side against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Photo credit: Sri Lanka Rugby Facebook By Adam Julian In 2001, Matthew Treeby visited Sri Lanka with his family to help build facilities for struggling children. More than two decades later the Tawa hooker is helping Sri Lanka strengthen...
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Ories on top as Pōneke, Petone and Paremata-Plimmerton leave it late for wins
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Dominic Ropeti and Ories attack the line today in their win over Tawa in the Swindale Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian Swindale Shield Round 5 results at a glance: Pōneke 41 – Johnsonville 38 Hutt Old Boys Marist 55 – Wellington Axemen 17 Wainuiomata 67 – Northern United...
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Club rugby to heat up on back of stormy weather week
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Leaders Oriental-Rongotai are back at home this Saturday against Tawa, as are Old Boys University who are back in OBU colours and back at Rugby League Park to host Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Tane Nathan. By Scott MacLean and Steven White Winter weather has definitely arrived in the capital this week, and while the forecast for tomorrow...
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Denyer putting best foot forward for Tawa and representative teams
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Jacob Denyer scores his try against Petone in round two. Photo: Jun Tanlayco By Adam Julian The conviction shown by Jacob Denyer on the rugby field extends to his behavior off it. The 20-year-old Tawa fullback, a Hurricanes Under-20 selection, maintains a full-time job as an administrator at the Te Rauparaha Arena. He’s the...
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Swindale Shield matchday Scoring highlights: Petone (28) v Tawa (24)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Petone and Tawa teams in action during the match. Photo: Grant Wall. The two teams met at Lyndhurst Park, Tawa in the second round of the 2025 Swindale Shield competition, in bright, sunny conditions on 12 April. On the anniversary of the Titanic sinking, the home team didn’t go down easily and indeed did...
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Questions to be answered in second round as five of seven matches played in town
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Thumbs up for Round Two of the Swindale Shield tomorrow. The Wellington Axemen are one of five city and town clubs playing at home, hosting Northern United, whilst Petone are on the road at Tawa. By Scott MacLean & Steven White Week one is done and dusted, and while some questions were answered in...
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Colts Round One Highlights: Tawa (45) v OBU (29)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The opening round of the Colts round-robin Paris Memorial Trophy was in Wellington on Saturday, with Petone defeating Wellington 88-0 and Norths also holding Avalon scoreless winning 57-0. Pare-Plim also topped 50, beating Johnsonville 64-15, and the Upper Hutt Rams opened with a 36-14 win over Ories. MSP won their Battle of Kilbirnie 31-17 over...
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Harry Irving, Stanley Solomon in New Zealand U20s for South Africa tournament
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Harry Irving leads the charge for his Old Boys University side this past Saturday against Tawa. Photo: Andy McArthur. Wellington club rugby players Harry Irving (Old Boys University) and Stanley Solomon (Petone) have been selected 31-man 2025 New Zealand Under 20s squad for The Rugby Championship (TRC) Under 20 tournament in South Africa in May....
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Tawa win Jubilee Cup final replay on spectacular opening afternoon of club rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa fullback Jacob Denyer beats Mitchell McLeod to the tryline in this afternoon’s opening Swindale Shield fixture between Tawa and Old Boys University at Rugby League Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Swindale Shield Round One Results at a glance: Johnsonville 46 Paremata-Plimmerton 28 Poneke 25 – Marist St Pat’s 10...
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Would reverting to a 2-3-2 scrum help make the game more attractive?
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Kyle Preston clears from a scrum during last year’s Jubilee Cup final between Old Boys University and Tawa. Photo: Stewart Baird. With a time machine, something that could be intriguing would be to go back and see how some sports were played ‘back then’. How have these changed and were the players and participants more...
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Sideline Conversions 10 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Action from North Park on Saturday where the Petone and Pōneke squads met. Updated: Week three of the club rugby season starts today, with more clubs in action for the first time this season this coming Saturday, including Tawa, the Wellington Axemen and Old Boys University. Check club social media pages for more, and we...
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Club Rugby Awards of the Year 2024
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Club Rugby contributors In a semi-regular tradition, we look back at the club and college seasons, and a mix of the serious and not-quite-so. Team of the Year: Tawa Under 85kg Ducks After coming up short in last years final, the Ducks made no race of the lightweight comp this time around with a...
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Matchday Scoring highlights Hardham Cup Final: Wainuiomata (24) v Paremata-Plimmerton (19)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met at Porirua Park on Saturday in the 2024 Wellington club rugby Premier 2 Hardham Cup final. A report of the fixture is here: Wainuiomata win Hardham Cup with win over Paremata-Plimmerton Highlights of this match are below: Bonus Track: Old Boys University beat Tawa 27-21 to win the Jubilee Cup...
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OBU, Wainuiomata, HOBM win major club rugby finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Six champions were crowned at Porirua Park this afternoon. A round-up of the action that we covered follows. JUBILEE CUP They’ll be Harkin about it all summer. Old Boys University won a Jubilee Cup final for the ages on Jerry Collins Stadium. OBU won 27-21, holding off waves of Tawa attack on their own goal...
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Wellington club rugby Finals Day at Porirua Park tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean All roads lead to Porirua Park for Finals Day tomorrow. There are six finals being played across two fields. A preview of the day’s action is below. Premier Jubilee Cup Tawa (4) vs Old Boys University (1) Referee: Jamie Fairmaid For the second time in three years sides that met in the...
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Hutt Old Boys Marist and Tawa to meet in Colts final on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- After a full 13-week round-robin followed by a three-week knock out series, the 2024 Wellington Colts Division 1 champions will be crowned this Saturday on Jerry Collins Stadium, kick-off 1.15pm and as the curtain-raiser to the Jubilee Cup decider that kicks off on the same ground. Hutt Old Boys Marist will go into the final...
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